Olympic Velodrome Roof

Internal view at track level during construction.

Olympic velodrome roof.

Cycling athletics tennis equestrianism sports education concerts. The maximum horizontal span on plan in the east west direction is 131m and 119m in the north south direction. The velodrome is one of the most sustainable venues in the olympic park and the lightweight roof weighs roughly half that of any other covered velodrome helping create a highly efficient building. 22 10 5 7 01 4 38 pm.

Building the olympic velodrome hugh gladstone february 21 2011 5 48 pm. 2 olympic pools olympic diving platform pools for diving training handicapped children. The roof of hopkins architects velodrome for the 2012 olympic and paralympic games in london doesn t just look elegant. The velodrome contains 6 000 seats in both olympic and legacy modes and embraces both contexts with minimal transformation.

It also achieves elegance in its economy of means and materials its integration with the overall design its speed of erection and its low cost. Olympic velodrome roof installed. The delicate operation of putting the roof over the olympic velodrome in athens has been completed two days ahead of schedule a spokesman for the structure s. Built in 1983 in preparation for the 1984 olympic games the colorado springs olympic paralympic training center velodrome is the official training venue for u s.

Velodrome london 2012 olympic games october 2010. On top the pringle shaped roof defines the velodrome. How the structure works 4 2 0 detailed description of structure 2 1 roof the primary structure of the roof consists of a doubly curved cable net with a total area of 12 500 m. Olympic and paralympic track.

Build costs on the 2012 olympic velodrome were slashed by 1 5 million by changing the roof design a new government report has found the hopkins designed building was initially conceived with a more traditional steel arch roof structure. Rather than investing in photovoltaic panels on the roof of the or.